A Short Story For You! A Serial Killer’s Christmas.

My friends! Life has been wonderful and busy and chaotic and challenging and painful and so exquisitely full of beauty. To celebrate us muddling through together, I want to give you a gift. Once upon a time in 2013, I wrote a short story for this now out-of-print anthology titled Let It Snow: Season’s Readings for a Super Cool Yule.  It … Read More

A More Realistic Holiday Newsletter 2024!

Every year we’re bombarded by holiday newsletters telling us about the wonderful year our friends have had curing cancer, running marathons on the moon, and achieving nuclear fusion all while looking absolutely stunning. Well, good for you. Here in Mercedes Land, we’re heavily medicated. So I present to you our More Realistic Holiday Newsletter for 2024! Read what we’ve been … Read More

Christmas in the Time of Covid

It hasn’t been easy, has it, my darlings? It’s been…exhausting. But I do want to share the drive-through party that our church had. It wasn’t the annual traditional party with dinner, a program, and a visit by a certain Jolly Old Elf, but it was still sweet and touched my soul. Different organizations set up in the parking lot. I’m … Read More

Holiday Gifts for Children with Special Needs

It’s that time of year again, and so I’ll share what I believe to be one of my most helpful posts. Happy Holidays! This is a toughie. It can be downright hard, because there are so many emotions tied up with the holidays. We have expectations. Holidas are supposed to be a time where we express our love and gifts are … Read More

Apex Black Friday Sale! Pick up Beautiful Sorrows.

Apex is having a sale! You can get 20% off all print books in the Apex store using discount code BLACKFRIDAY2020-PRINT and 50% off all eBooks in the Apex store using discount code BLACKFRIDAY2020-EBOOK. This includes my first book, Beautiful Sorrows. Come read the collection that started it all. <3 The sale is live now and ends on Tuesday, December 1 at 8 … Read More

Christmas Gifts for Children with Special Needs

This is a toughie. It can be downright hard, because there are so many emotions tied up with the holidays. We have expectations. Christmas is supposed to be a time where we express our love and gifts are a way we do that. What if the child, who has special needs, doesn’t like their gift? What if they don’t play … Read More

Chocolate Chex Mix Recipe!

I decided a while ago that I needed to improve my quality of life. This meant letting go of some responsibilities. This also meant doing more things that make me happy. Like making delicious and sweet treats. I found this recipe by tbspSusan on Pinterest and it’s as divine as it looks! Really easy, really delicious, and a great thing … Read More

Christmas Gifts for Children with Special Needs

This is a toughie. It can be downright hard, because there are so many emotions tied up with the holidays. We have expectations. Christmas is supposed to be a time where we express our love and gifts are a way we do that. What if the child, who has special needs, doesn’t like their gift? What if they don’t play … Read More